Question

I replied, "Aunts are usually formidable creatures."(change to narration)​

Answer 1

I replied that anita are usually formidable creatures

Answer 2

The answer is as follows:

I replied that aunts are usually formidable creatures.

Direct and Indirect Speech

• Direct speech refers to the statements which are directly spoken by the speaker. The reported speech is also called indirect speech.

• The reporting verb is present in the simple past tense.

• However, in the given sentence, the tense of the subordinate clause remains the same as the subordinate clause is a universal truth.

• The comma is replaced by 'that.'